Xu Hongci

Photo Credit: Courtesy of the author's family

About the Author

Xu Hongci (1933–2008), a writer from Shanghai, was branded as a rightist in 1957 and was condemned to Mao Zedong’s labor reform camps for fourteen years. Following his escape, he lived first in Tsetserleg and then in Shanghai with his wife Oyunbileg and their children until his death in 2008.